JOB CREATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA. March 2011 CLGF Conference (Cardiff) SALGA Economic Development And Planning Mayur Maganlal. Contents. Introduction Unemployment Challenges Role of Capital Investment in Infrastructure Expanded Public Works Programme

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Traditional LED is focused on “creating the enabling business environment”, given the vast poverty and unemployment challenges but current administration is taking a more proactive / focused / interventionist stance

Overarching Priority: To implement counter-cyclical policies that are customised for the locality, through a dedicated ‘local stimulus package’, to mitigate the negative impacts, and to position the local economy for recovery

Investment in Infrastructure

Industrial

Policy

Employment Measures

Social

Measures

Support to communities and households in distress through partnering with NGOs & the private sector (CSI)

EPWP,

Municipal “shovel ready” Infrastructure Projects;

2010 projects

Advice to corporates and SMMEs & support to access rescue packages & concessionary credit, Local procurement

Deliberate attempt by the public sector body to use expenditure on goods and services to create work opportunities coupled with training for the unemployed

Projects usually employing workers on a temporary basis (either by government, by contractors, or by other non-governmental organisations), under code of good practice for SPWP or learnership employment conditions